1961–62 Ranji Trophy

1961–62 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay (13th title)
Participants23
Most runsHarcharan Singh (Southern Punjab) (495)[1]
Most wicketsP. Sitaram (Delhi) (40)[2]

The 1961–62 Ranji Trophy was the 28th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final.

Highlights

  • Prakash Bhandari scored a hundred in 60 minutes against Rajasthan in the semifinal which was then the fastest hundred in Ranji trophy.[3]

Group stage

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 Jan 1962 – Madras
 
 
Madras182 & 203
 
17 Feb 1962 – Delhi
 
Delhi385 & 136
 
Delhi149 & 267
 
 
Bombay290 & 116/2
 
 
20 Mar 1962 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay539
 
 
Rajasthan157 & 95
 
 
16 Feb 1962 – Udaipur
 
 
Rajasthan392 & 195/5
 
 
Bengal292 & 291/3d
 
 
 
 

Final

20–22 Mar 1962
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
539 (140.2 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 235, G. S. Ramchand 100
Raj Singh 4/86
157 (62.4 overs)
Suryaveer Singh 32
Sharad Diwadkar 5/68
95 (34.4 overs, follow on)
Hanumant Singh 48*
G. S. Ramchand 2/16
Bombay won by an innings and 287 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Sukken Bhattacharya and Narayan Sane
  • Bombay won the toss and elected to bat

Scorecards and averages

References

  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1961/62 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1961/62 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ Rajasthan v Bengal, Udaipur, 1961/62


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